Gullik Olsen Gravdal made his first purchase of land at the Milwaukee land office; on that date Goelicke Holt (Gravdal) became owner of land.

The evidence

• “When Mr. Gravdal went to the land-office at Milwaukee, December 12, 1839, and made his first purchase of land we find from the records that on December 12, 1839, Goelicke Holt became the owner of S. W. 14, of N.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/18-scandinavians.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 464 / book p. 430

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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